[C320-list] anchoring

[Kirk McCullough]

I have 60 feet of 5/16" chain and it still happens occasionally. It depends
on how much rope rode you use after the chain is all down. At 5:1 in 50 feet
of water there's still a lot of rope to wrap around my wing keel. Its not
hard to unwrap it, but it is annoying.

The kellet is a good option.

Kirk
#124

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Joe Abbagnaro
Sent: 15 September 2008 05:24
To: C320-List at catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] anchoring


Hi

The first time we anchored this happened to us
I let out 15 feet of chanin and 60 feet of rode and we got wrapped up.
If you have opposing wind and currents I am told this is easy to do.

I recently picked up 80 feet of 1/4 inch chain at WM they had it on
sale for 30% off.
I have been told this should solve he problem of keel wrap.

Joe

On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Bruce Stanley <brucestanley36 at gmail.com>
wrote:
> Hi Adam
> I use only chain. No wrapping.
> But then again, I admit to using the iron spinnaker more than you!
>
> Bruce Stanley
> Sydney
>
> On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 2:14 PM, Chef Adam Weiner
> <esquirecatering at rcn.com>wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> I normally don't anchor out, I usually just return home, go to another
>> yacht
>> club, pick up a buoy, etc.
>>
>> The last time (before yesterday) that I anchored out was several years
ago.
>> At that time the anchor rode (which is a non-floating line) wrapped
around
>> the keel.  We went to leave at slack water so we just let out a bunch
more
>> rode and the line dropped off the keel.
>>
>> Yesterday we anchored in 6 feet of water at low tide over mud.  Claw
style
>> anchor.  At high tide water would be 10 feet deep and with the distance
>> from
>> bow to water of about 3 feet I let out 30 feet of chain and about 70 feet
>> of
>> rode.  There are strong currents in this anchorage.  You guessed it.
This
>> morning the rode was wrapped around the keel I knew this was the case
when
>> I
>> stuck my nose of deck since we were facing a different direction then
every
>> other boat in the anchorage.
>>
>> I have never heard of this before, and have only met only one other
person
>> who said that one time in a group trip one boat had the same problem,
>> ironically (and he didn't think there was any connection) it was a
>> Catalina.
>>
>> Any thoughts?  I would anchor out more if this wasn't such a potential
>> problem.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>